Claim: In any situation, the best way to persuade other people is to present them with facts and statistics rather than with emotional arguments.

Reason: Facts are objective, so they are more persuasive than subjective appeals.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.


Essay

No doubt, emotional arguments can be helpful while persuading other people but facts and statistics generally have more power that can help people take on others. Facts being more objective can play a great role in bolstering the appeal. Thus as the prompt claims that In any situation, the best way to persuade other people is to present them with facts and statistics rather than with emotional arguments. I certainly agree with the statement for the following reasons.

First of all, Persuading someone needs a special talent of the person being eloquent, cunny that can control that someone's attention at first and then persuade them to take decisions in their favor. for instance, Advertisements these days are generally made describing the thing with facts and past experience about how it works and its advantages to an average person. Thus a normal being is attracted enough to buy it because of the facts and past experiences of other people. On the contrary, if that attraction for an object's AD was only done with persuading, generally it doesn't make it for the person to buy as he thinks it can be plausible that the thing may not work for him. thus, facts and statistics hold an important persuasive power in themselves helping the buyer to buy the right thing.

Secondly, being in an era of online shopping, buying products online without having a trial of any sometimes is risky because of no exchange or return policy hence it would cost a lot of lucre if the things are generally brought just by coming in someone's emotional arguments. Hence for that purpose, they had put reviews and star marking schemes for products as these are the facts that help while buying online. we can be pretty sure enough about how the product will be with all the photos, comments, and reviews about the product. Thus by these facts are objective enough to believe in.

In conclusion, the facts and statistics are strong enough for making a view on their basis while emotional arguments generally are not that supportive or helpful that a stand can be taken on the basis of it.